from the BBC website—
The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, has warned the conflict in Ukraine could send global food prices soaring, with a catastrophic impact on the world’s poorest.
Ukraine and Russia are both major exporters of basic foodstuffs, and the war has already hit crop production, driving up prices
Mr Beasley said it was putting more people at risk of starvation worldwide.
“Just when you think hell on earth can’t get any worse, it does,” he said.
Russia and Ukraine, once dubbed “the breadbasket of Europe”, export about a quarter of the world’s wheat and half of its sunflower products, like seeds and oil. Ukraine also sells a lot of corn globally.
Analysts have warned that war could impact the production of grains and even double Global wheat prices.
According to different reports, Egypt is the World’s biggest importer of grain and about 85% of it comes from Russia and Ukraine. Lebanon gets about 50% from this source and Yemen about 40%. Egypt says it has about 6 months of reserve stocks, Lebanon has only about 1 month.
The Four Horsemen of the Apoclaypse. Plague (covid 19) War (Ukraine) Famine (coming soon) and Death.